A Wild Sheep Chase: A NovelA New York Times bestselling author—and “a mythmaker for the millennium, a wiseacre wiseman” (New York Times Book Review)—delivers a surreal and elaborate quest that takes readers from Tokyo to the remote mountains of northern Japan, where the unnamed protagonist has a surprising confrontation with his demons. An advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend and casually appropriates the image for an advertisement. What he doesn’t realize is that included in the scene is a mutant sheep with a star on its back, and in using this photo he has unwittingly captured the attention of a man who offers a menacing ultimatum: find the sheep or face dire consequences. |
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... whole time . Navy - blue summer suit , not a wrinkle . Starched white shirt , just back from the clean- ers . Shiny black shoes . I looked up at the ceiling of the car and puffed on a cigarette . I made mental lists of all the songs the ...
... whole time . Navy - blue summer suit , not a wrinkle . Starched white shirt , just back from the clean- ers . Shiny black shoes . I looked up at the ceiling of the car and puffed on a cigarette . I made mental lists of all the songs the ...
Page 260
... whole year ' round . In Spain in the fifteen hundreds , they had roads all over the country no one but shepherds could use , not even the King . " The man spat phlegm onto the ground , rubbing it into the dirt with his shoe . " Anyway ...
... whole year ' round . In Spain in the fifteen hundreds , they had roads all over the country no one but shepherds could use , not even the King . " The man spat phlegm onto the ground , rubbing it into the dirt with his shoe . " Anyway ...
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... whole time ? " " No. Summer lasts as long as the snow doesn't get too deep , and it's only an hour and a half to the ranch by jeep . Hardly more than a little stroll . Of course , once it snows and cars can't get through , you're stuck ...
... whole time ? " " No. Summer lasts as long as the snow doesn't get too deep , and it's only an hour and a half to the ranch by jeep . Hardly more than a little stroll . Of course , once it snows and cars can't get through , you're stuck ...
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